Dr. Arnolds Ubelis has broad
research and public administration experience. His research
and teaching areas at the University
of Latvia: atomic
physics, atmospheric photochemistry, climate
change and technologies for sustainable development, sustainable municipal
development. Dr.
Arnolds Ubelis has broad
research and public administration experience. His research
and teaching areas at the University
of Latvia: atomic
physics, atmospheric photochemistry, climate
change and technologies for sustainable development, sustainable municipal
development. He has experience of being elected deputy of Riga
council for 4 years and worked as a chairrmen of the Latgale suburb
of RigaCity. Dr.A.Ubelis
has worked as RTD and
sustainable regional development expert-advisor for the Ministry
of Higher Education and Research and Ministry of Environment and Regional
Development of Latvia.
He was invited to participate as expert in the Harvard Institute for
International Development, Massachusetts (HIID),
USA project "Central and Eastern Europe Environment Economics
and Policy" and World Bank project WBTF
O28205-LV “Development of New Emission Standards for
Sources of Air Pollution” dealing with the adjustment of EU
environment legislation in Latvia. Dr.A.Ubelis has worked episodically as RTD expert-advisor for the Ministry of Education and
Science of the Republic
of Latvia on various RTD and Innovation issues. He has serious project
management experience and was/is principal
investigator or coordinator of several FP5&6&7
projects. He and his research team at the University of Latvia (Institute of
Atomic Physics and Spectroscopy) now are partners of FP6
Network of Excellence ACCENT - Atmospheric Composition Change: an
European network, Proposal/Contract no.: 505337. He was Chairmen of local
organizing Board of the: 2nd International Conference on Integrative
approaches towards sustainability" (Baltic Sea Region sharing knowledge
internally, across Europe, and worldwide)Latvia, Jurmala May 11-14.2005 and coordinator of relevant EUFP6 project contract Nr.
009244 SHARING. Dr.A.Ubelis has worked as national expert for 3 month
at DG RESEARCH of EU Commission, is expert evaluator
for FP7 projects and is nominated as national
delegate to the programme committees for FP 7.